Yeong-Ho Benitez

Yeong-Ho Benitez
Art by Sernik [[1]]
Basic Information
Team	Philly Pies
Former Team(s)	Houston Spies
Status	Active
Batting
Pitching
Defense
Running
External Links	Blaseball-Reference Player Changes Player Page
Personal Information
Item	None
Armor	None
Evolution	Base
Pregame Ritual	Blacking out
Coffee Style	Americano
Blood Type	Love
Fate	14
Soulscream	XHEOAXHEOAXUAAEIUAAEIUEUAAEEUAAEEXHAAAXHAAAXEUAAAEUAAAEHEIXIHEIXIH

Yeong-Ho Benitez, also known to fans and teammates as Shutterbug, is a lineup player for the Philly Pies and has been with the team since Season 4, Day 37 due to a feedback swap.

Official League Records

Benitez joined the league as a member of the Houston Spies at the beginning of Season 1.

History

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The remainder of this article contains lore created collaboratively by the Blaseball community.

Art Career

After getting their start at the Philadelphia Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Benitez developed into a world-renowned photographer. Their work has been featured in exhibitions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Getty Center, and the Smithsonian Museum of American Art. Their work is known for its dark themes featuring motifs of hidden messages, though these have yet to be deciphered.

Houston Blaseball Career

Benitez surprised the art world by joining the Houston Spies, invoking a long-forgotten rule stipulating a player may be replaced on the squad by anyone who can best them in single combat. Spies management didn't allow the bout to go ahead, as Benitez had challenged Alexandria Rosales and would have been destroyed, but they signed Benitez on the spot in recognition of their gumption, chutzpah and moxie. Since that time, Benitez has been instrumental in developing the Spies' classic strategy of dragging the game into overtime so that everyone gets nervous and their opponents are more likely to make mistakes. Benitez claims they are actually better at batting against balls covered in palm sweat because it's the 12th innings and everything's on the line.

Conspiracy Theories

Benitez is the target of a number of conspiracy theories from a group that calls themselves "Yeongers." These theories center around the accusation of Benitez being involved with espionage, including taking the compromising photograph of Philly Pies General Manager Sam Hinkie and the state of Delaware which instigated the Delaware Affair, but Benitez asserts they've never even been to Delaware. These theories were only furthered by Benitez later joining of the Pies. Some Yeongers believe that he was given a spot by blackmailing Hinkie with other photographs.

A different branch of theories surrounds the Season 4, Day 37 swap with Morrow Wilson. Taking off from the idea that Wilson was a deep-cover agent within the Pies, some theorists assert that Benitez was themself a Pies plant within the Spies organization. Supporters of this theory point to Benitez's pugnacious approach to joining the Spies, and a suspicious tendency to request "Wooder Ice" as a treat. Under this theory, the transfer of players was less a Feedback-induced swap, and more an exchange of blown-cover intelligence assets in order to secure some kind of detente within the Evil League. Sam Hinkie and Spies leadership have both denied all of the above.

Philly Blaseball Career

Benitez has received a warm welcome in Philly, quickly earning the nickname "Shutterbug" from his teammates and fans, who cheer his accomplishments by yelling, "Snap snap!" It has been noted that Benitez's recent photography work has centered around the cities of future Pies opponents.

Music

Yeong-Ho Benitez Walk Up Music (as of Season 4 on the Pies)

Gallery

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